Storage-battery container



July 9 7 L. o. PERCY STORAGE BATTERY CONTAINER Filed Sept. 27, 1922 Thebase 2 of the receptacle is provided with a layer sub-base 6 of materialdesigned to serve as a cushion. This may represent a piece of resilientor pliable material cemented or otherwise secured to the base of thecontainer, or it may be homogeneous with the base. This being renderedpossible in forming the base of layer portions of two different gradesof rubber compound, the inner of which will vulcanize or cure hard andthe outer soft, and represents a preferred form as there is noopportunity for separation of the layers or unraveling of the resilientlayer at its edges, the layers being permanently bonded together.

The resilient sub-base provides for yieldingly supporting the containerWithin a cradle when mounted in an automobile or resting upon a floor,to relieve the-container from jars or shocks which might otherwisefracture or injure the walls.

A groove 7 is formed at the upper edge of the container providing a seatfor a cover 10. The cover is a cast or moulded member, preferably of thesame material as the container, and is provided with interior crossreinforcing ribs 11, the cross ribs at their extremities being thickenedand extended towards the open end of the cover to form additionalreinforcing ribs 12 for the side walls. The diagonally opposite sidewalls of the cover are provided with slots 13 through which the batteryleads (not shown) extend. A pair of clips 15 are respectively fixed tothe upper end of two opposite sides of the container, each comprising asheet metal stamping forming a catch or latch for engagement withthecover to lock the cover to the container, when the cover is applied andas a handle for the container when the cover is removed. The clips arethe duplicate of each other and as a sheet metal stamping possess a bodyportion having a plurality of extending tangs 16 through which screwspass to secure the clip to a wall of the container. An apertured handleportion 17 extends from the body portion providing a pair of spacedlimbs 18 connected by a cross bar 19 of tubular formation furnishing ahandle hold, this being formed by laterally bending and curving theoppositeedges of the cross bar portion. The handle extends beyond theupper edges of the container walls, and slightly above the top surfaceof the cover when the cover is applied to the container. The limbs 18are impressed to provide curved lips 20 for en gagement into alongitudinal groove or re cess 21 formed in opposite side walls of thecover 10. The sides of the container are formed to receive the handle ina manner adding to the ornamental appearance of the structure, andprovide for a minimum weight of material without appreciablyjeopardizing strength. The handle portion is sufiiciently resilient toyield for applying and removing the cover and to permit the lips or lugs20 to automatically engage with the groove 21 in the cover, and thelimbs to be expressed for removing the cover. The top of the cover ispaneled and diagonally ribbed and reinforced, as at 25, in a mannersimilar to the sides of the receptacle.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A receptacle cover, of mouldable material, having interiorreinforcing ribs integral therewith, the opposite ends of the ribsthickened and integral with the side walls of said cover.

2. A receptacle cover, composed of rubber material cast to form, havinginterior reinforcing ribs, the opposite ends of said ribs thickened,cast integral with the side walls and extending towards the open end ofsaid cover.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name.

LEON O. PERCY.

